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First case of XE variant of Covid-19 found in Gujarat, say reports - After the XE scare in Mumbai, reports are now suggesting that the first case of the XE variant has been detected in Gujarat.
The state health department said that the patient was first tested for COVID-19 at a private laboratory after he developed fever following his arrival in Vadodara in a flight. �� COVID-19 Variant XE in India: First Case of Omicron Sub-Variant XE Detected in Gujarat After Elderly Man From Mumbai Found Infected.
India on Thursday recorded 1,033 new Covid cases, taking the coronavirus tally to 4,30,31,958. According to the Union Health Ministry data, country's active cases currently stand at over 11,000 cases.
XE a slightly tuned-up version of Omicron, says Covid task force co-chief - Jayadevan said the XE variant is the combination of BA.1 and BA.2 where X stands for Recombinant Type and E is the sequence of its discovery.
'XE' is a mutant hybrid of the two previous versions of the Omicron variant, BA.1 and BA.2, which spread across the world. It was first detected from the UK on January 19. Know symptoms of new Covid variant and if vaccines are effective against it.